It is with joy that Canada sends you the news that the Reverend Canon Dr. Linda Nicholls has been elected Bishop Suffragan for the Diocese of Toronto. She will be consecrated on 2 February 2008.
07 December 2007
Blessed is she who has believed that what the Lord has said to her will be accomplished. (Luke 1:45) O God, Show us the way forward with your mysterious power. Give us courage to open new doors and walk through them. May we be joined by new companions in our journey
20 August 2006
A comprehensive motion to tackle violence against women was passed unanimously by the Provincial Synod of the Church of the Province of Southern Africa. The motion encouraged the church to improve awareness of the problems women face, to offer care and support to victims, and to implement stringent measures to deal with perpetrators.
09 November 1999
It is only a matter of time before women become bishops in Australia, according to Dr Muriel Porter, chair of the General Synod Working Group on Women Bishops.
23 September 1999
An address on the occasion of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the ordination of women to the priesthood, by the Secretary General of the Anglican Communion at the Church of the Advocate, Philadelphia, 29 July 1999.
29 July 1999
The Lambeth Conference approved an amended resolution Thursday (August 6) stating that bishops should not be compelled to ordain or license women.
07 August 1998
If there is one experience that sums up the reception of the first bishops who are female at a Lambeth Conference, it is the power of the incarnational encounter.
30 July 1998
The Anglican Church in Japan has voted to ordain women to the priesthood.
26 June 1998